Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas [Paperback]

Joyce L. Kee (Author), Sally M. Marshall (Author), Joyce Lefever Kee (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0721654444 | ISBN-13: 978-0721654447 | Publication Date: January 1996 | Edition: 3rd

This new Third Edition has been extensively revised and updated to help health care professionals quickly and accurately calculate dosages for drugs. Following a basic math review of Roman numerals, fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios and proportions, the student learns metric, apothecary, and household measurements, conversions, and methods of calculation. A full section is devoted to calculating drug and fluid dosages for oral, injectable, and intravenous administrations. Unique coverage of calculation problems for both general patient care areas and specialty units complete the book. Features: * WHAT'S NEW: * A new full colour design provides samples of drug labels as they actually appear, helping students learn to identify and read drug labels accurately. * 25% more practice problems using fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, dimensional analysis, and more! Plus the text includes an extended Post-Math Test to assess knowledge retention. * An increased number of drug labels, tables, and figures demonstrate key concepts, including central venous line placements, intramuscular injection sites, and more. * Coverage of the 5 Rights, with accompanying checklist, guides students to safe and effective interpretation of drug labels. * A new chapter on alternative methods for drug administration. * A completely revised and updated chapter on intravenous preparations explores their clinical applications and includes various IV sites. * New sections -- with practice problems -- discuss direct intravenous injection (IV push), enteral feedings, and medication administration, (including a list of drugs with their hyperosmolality). * 16 handy tear-out cards summarize an increased number of important and frequently used formulas and abbreviations.

Editorial Reviews

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"The book usefully links calculations to actual conditions and diagnoses, helping nurses to like theory to practice." Nursing Standard, March 25 2009

 

 

"This book offers a comprehensive guide to the applications of clinical calculations in the general setting and in a variety of specialty areas of practice... authors have met their objectives of providing a comprehensive application of calculations in nursing practice. Undergraduate nursing students will find this text particularly useful as they can attempt the many practice problems and post-test section to determine their own competency while they progress through the topics. This book is also valuable as a reference tool for registered nurses in a wide variety of clinical specialties seeking to update their drug administration practices." Nurse Education in Practice, April 2009

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Book Description

Presents all four major dosage calculation methods: ratio/proportion, formula, fractional equation, and --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co; 3rd edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721654444
• ISBN-13: 978-0721654447
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,562,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clinical Calculations, August 17, 2008

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I. Greenbergs "Student" (New york) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clinical Calculations - Revised Reprint: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 5e (Paperback)

I got this book to help out with my dosage class in nursing school. My other text book was really confusing, but I found this book and it was great. Very clear and helpful, Very explanatory and really helps you understand dosage. Lots of practice problems (only a few are filled in [with pencil only]). I HIGHLY recommend this book!! comes with CD .

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars woo-hoo! learn calculations in no time!, February 20, 2008

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This review is from: Clinical Calculations - Revised Reprint: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 5e (Paperback)

This book made it so easy to learn nursing calculations it was not even funny! I picked up so fast that I finished the entire book in one night. I passed my nursing boards with 75 questions in 30 minutes - and this book really helped!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars textbook, May 12, 2009

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This review is from: Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 6e (Paperback)

this book was mandatory for our 1st semester of nursing school. very helpful and the CD that comes with it will help you with your studies in the nursing field. has a step by step way to solve with worksheets in the chapters to do the problems based on the chapter. pictures were great!! helpful in how it showed wording abbreviations and what not to use as well as simple conversion methods. awesome book!